ROMANCE OF AUSTRALASIA.
! Another lecture was gjven'last evening bv Mr. Joseph M'Cabe, the'attendance being fairly larpe. From beginning to end the lecturer had no difficulty in holding tho attention of his audience. He took foi» his thorn© "Tho Loraaneo of Australasia," and drew i»anv remarkable comparisons between the Old AJorla and tho new. Commencing with the foliage mid' evergreens of Australasia, and the trees of England and Europe, he pointed out. tho great dissimilarity between them, and illustrated the same with his lantern slides. From this ho proceeded to the animals and plants, and showed that, to his way of thinking, Australasia was set apart for the preservation of antiquities. In fact, he stated, the more one studied the present day animals and plants, of this new world of ours, the more one was amazed at the similarity between these and those of ancient times. Australasia was but a museum of living antiquities. l ? rom the lower types of animal life the lecturer went to the higher, and compared the Australian blacks and tho New Zealand Maori. He also discussed the contour of New Zealand and Switzerland, especially in regard to tho Alps of both countries..
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1770, 7 June 1913, Page 14
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196ROMANCE OF AUSTRALASIA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1770, 7 June 1913, Page 14
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